Beechwood School

Overview: Beechwood School requires improvement in the quality of education, but has strengths in behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. Pupils benefit from warm and trusted relationships with staff, and the school has made improvements to the curriculum and pupils' behaviour.

Strengths:

• Pupils understand the school's systems and routines, which they follow well, making the school calm and safe.
• Pupils are polite, respectful, and inquisitive, and benefit from warm and trusted relationships with staff.
• The school has made improvements to the curriculum and pupils' behaviour.
• Pupils benefit from experiences that develop their understanding of life beyond school and their local area.
• The school's approach to pupils' personal development, such as the 'character curriculum', has improved pupils' behaviour and sense of belonging.

Areas to improve:

• Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding, which means misconceptions are sometimes missed or not addressed swiftly enough.
• Tasks set for pupils do not consistently support pupils to develop the depth of knowledge of which they are capable.
• Too many pupils still do not attend school as often as they should, putting them at risk of falling behind in their education.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.